Andrew Moore is a freelance science writer and communications advisor. Dr. Moore earned his PhD in biochemistry, molecular biology, and protein structural studies through a joint program between the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK. He was Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal BioEssays for 13 years (2008 to 2021), and before that, a programme manager and editor at the European Molecular Biology Organization (1999 to 2008).

n his new, exquisitely researched and brilliantly written book, Andrew Moore tackles the topic of carbon, from every angle. He doesn't lecture us on how bad the problem is (we know it's bad). He informs us on the environmental, industrial and societal impact of carbon in human existence through history and what avenues are open to us to improve life on our planet, for those of us around today and for those in coming generations. It is a must-read and a great present for anyone with an interest in why our climate is changing, what we can do about it, and what problems are the hardest en route to making human existence net-carbon-neutral.

• AcknowledgmentsForewordChapter 1: What carbon "does" in the universe - From the first stars to life on EarthChapter 2: The carbon economy of nutrition and food production - Getting out of control in most respectsChapter 3: Sources and sinks - Where carbon compounds accumulate on Earth, and what they do thereChapter 4: Fuels, efficiency, and emissions - Understanding carbon-based energy carriers in the larger picture of sustainabilityChapter 5: The call to "decarbonize" - Public perception, hard-to-abate carbon-positives, and hard-to-achieve carbon-negativesChapter 6: Decarbonizing the car - Trading off CO2 against larger environmental problems?Chapter 7: A carbonaceous, biology-inspired recipe for sensible and environmentally-conscious energy economiesList of figuresReferencesIndex of topics

Andrew Moore is a freelance science writer and communications advisor. Dr. Moore earned his PhD in biochemistry, molecular biology, and protein structural studies through a joint program between the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK. He was Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal BioEssays for 13 years (2008 to 2021), and before that, a programme manager and editor at the European Molecular Biology Organization (1999 to 2008).

n his new, exquisitely researched and brilliantly written book, Andrew Moore tackles the topic of carbon, from every angle. He doesn't lecture us on how bad the problem is (we know it's bad). He informs us on the environmental, industrial and societal impact of carbon in human existence through history and what avenues are open to us to improve life on our planet, for those of us around today and for those in coming generations. It is a must-read and a great present for anyone with an interest in why our climate is changing, what we can do about it, and what problems are the hardest en route to making human existence net-carbon-neutral.

• AcknowledgmentsForewordChapter 1: What carbon "does" in the universe - From the first stars to life on EarthChapter 2: The carbon economy of nutrition and food production - Getting out of control in most respectsChapter 3: Sources and sinks - Where carbon compounds accumulate on Earth, and what they do thereChapter 4: Fuels, efficiency, and emissions - Understanding carbon-based energy carriers in the larger picture of sustainabilityChapter 5: The call to "decarbonize" - Public perception, hard-to-abate carbon-positives, and hard-to-achieve carbon-negativesChapter 6: Decarbonizing the car - Trading off CO2 against larger environmental problems?Chapter 7: A carbonaceous, biology-inspired recipe for sensible and environmentally-conscious energy economiesList of figuresReferencesIndex of topics